3. Cost of monitoring visits - Ok with larger orgs like CHF, but not every sponsor. Could contribute to smaller programs closing down. New sponsor fee of $1,748 installed only two years ago and now payable every two years could finance some travel expenses for smaller or more remote sponsor organizations. Airfares have gone up and flight schedules reduced since economic downturn. Larger sponsors can support travel expenses. Site visits to sponsors, old and new, should be de rigueur. Problem with no commitment to amount waiting for user study.

5. Additional cost for raising health insurance minimum from $50,000 to $200,000 per incident. 50% of CHF teachers go back to their home countries anyway if they have a serious health problem - even for dental work. Costs less for plane fare than to pay US medical fees. In France and Greece, medical care is completely free. = $100 X 250

Cost of travel and administrative time necessary to eliminate obsolete sections of this rule which was actually was not completely updated to reflect future SEVIS II implementation(Staff administrative time + travel - average) (~$2,000 - $3,000)

$150

7. Criminal background check. This cost is currently reasonable and warranted although we don't know how much the cost of background checks will rise after thousands more will be required. = $50 x 31,500 sponsors multipled by the number of all alternate responsible officers ~ 4,500